The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

The rain began falling in gentle showers
last evening.
Mcclellan, Mosher & Co. have the Robert
b. Thomas Almanac for 1888.
Warm day yesterday. The mercury
touched 560 with brisk southwest wind.
The revenue steamer Woodbury., Lieut.
Smythe, arrived at this port yesterday fore
noon.
Light house steamer Isis has been on trip
as far south as Portsmouth, where a bell
buoy was replaced with new one.
The regular monthly meeting of the Port
land Typographical Union will be held at
the Argus Office this afternoon at5.15 o'clock.
The schoonerWaterfall was sold at auction
Thursday for five dollars, above her debts, to
Capt. j. X. Buckwater of South Portland
The ladies of the First Parish church will
have bazaar and dance at City Hall, Decem-
Der 9th and eth. Elaborate preparations are
being made.
The blacksmith shop of Charles Stanwood
on Commercial street was broken into Thurs
day night and So gold piece and about So
in change stolen.
The signal observer at this station was or
dered last night to hoist the cautionary sig
nal for storm moving eastward with strong
westerly Winds
Owing to sickness near the church the
Second Parish bell has not been rung during
this week, and will not be tomorrow unless
there is Improvement with the sick.
The liquor deputy's horse took fright yes
terday morning while standing on Myrtle
street and ran away. A broken shaft and
tug was the extent of the damage
Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare" Both
sides of this question win be presented in
Rev, DR.. Dalton's Saturday lecture this af-
ternoon at O'Clock at st. Stephens church.
More than twenty panes of glass have been
broken out of Chestnut street school house,
and number out of the High school, which
was supposed to have been done by small
boys.
AT meeting of the Citizens Relief Asso-
citation held in Reception Hall last evening,
Mr.. Patrick White was admitted as mem
Der OF the association. President Verrill
presided.
The Portland Male Quartette are to fur
nish the music for the annual meeting and
supper of the Shoe Dealers Association
which takes place at the Preble House Tues
day evening next.
Remember the reception and concert at
the T. M. c. A. rooms next Monday evening,
at O'Clock. All the male members are in
yited to attend There will be singing by
Shaw's Quartette and refreshments
Things were lively in the barber yester-
day so far as the wind chad anything to do
with it. The waves were white capped. the
tow boats were busy and large fleet of YES
sells put in for harbor. The sea outside is
reported very rough.
The regular monthly business meeting of
the Diet Mission will be held at the Frater-
nifty Rooms, Free street Block this after
noon at o'clock. The chairman of each
ward committee is particularly requested to
be present or to see that her ward is repre-
sented.
Charlie, the five-year old son of Mr. Charles
e. Harmon, was going up stairs, Thursday,
when he lost his balance and fell to the
floor, distance of fourteen feet, striking on
his chin on the register and knocking out
three teeth, besides cutting his tongue so
badly that six stitches were necessary.
The Turnverein Athletic Association, of
this city, has recently sent out circulars of
invitation to Colby, Bowdoin, Bates, and the
Maine State College and to the Young Mems
Christian Associations of Auburn, Rockland.
Bangor and the Wesleyan Seminary, with a
view Of consolidating the athletic contests
and having an annual field day.
A mast IS feet long, "a inches in diameter
at the base, and 2Oa inches at the top, is to be
seen at the mast and spar yard of John
Bradford & Son. The mast was a white
pine tree cut in New Hampshire, and will be
used as the foremost of the three-masted
schooner Grace Davis. 1t is valued at $3.50,
and is one of the largest made in this city for
a long time.